[Snappy Dungarees]

Originally Posted by ElkRiverRancher

That's confusing, to me, SD ... I am under the impression that 'Farmtown' is a game .... soooo, 'playing games' is what all participants are doing, no? Happily, this game can be played in a number of ways.
As it happens, my employment test is an interesting way, IMHO, to see who is paying attention. Plus, with the use of the ignore button, it's also easy to 'eliminate' me from your own 'hiring method'. I also find the employment test a way to see if there are any individuals who remember anything from their school years ("Things I would have learned in school, if only I'd been paying attention ....").

Yes but when I go to the MP to look for someone to work for me I'm wanting someone who knows what exactly I'm offering and isn't going to waste my time by saying yes to working then getting to my farm and saying..oh I don't wanna do this...I didn't realise....which is more often the case when people are playing little games with each other. I don't care for games in the MP at all. I just want to go in, hire someone who pays attention to what I'm actually wanting from them and what I'm offering in return. I'm not going there to socialise or look for work. If people want to work for me I have two stipulations. They respect what I'm asking of them and do the job they've agreed to do. And someone who's happy if I DON'T offer ploughing on that occasion. And not whine when they can't do it because I'm changing my farm around. And while I'd happily ignore you if you're in the same MP as me, as I'm in the MP to look for workers I can't ignore those that are playing your "employment test" as you insist on calling it. Personally I just don't get what's wrong with just asking who wants to do xxxx harvest and the plough (if you're offering) or just leave it if you're not. Most decent workers will reply and will happily work without having to jump through metaphorical hoops just to get it.